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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10
Appalling Outlook.

BELvIDERE, n. j., Feb. 3.-Intelligence
has just reached here by messengers from
Pahaquarry township of the formation Of
an immense ice gorge in the Delaware
river near Shawnee, Pa, above the
Delaware water gap. Ice is piling
up to the height Of fifty feet and
the water has been forced out of its
natural course and has overfiowed the low
lands. Dwelling houses are neatly sub
merged. The house of Peter S. Michaels is
under water to the second story. Michae.s
had to fly to the mountains with his family.
Should there be sudden thay the destruc.
ton to property throughout the valley
would be appalling.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The President
signed the Interstate Commerce bill yester-
day. This was in full accord with the Opin-
ion of Attorney General Garland, rendered
last Monday, and it is very well understood
to be in accord with the views Of
the Cabinet The President has also
approved the act to fix day
for the meeting Of the Electors Of
President and Vice President, and to pro-
vide for and regulate the counting OF the
vote for President and Vice President and
the decision Of questions arising thereon;
the act authorizing the construction Of
bridge over the Mississippi at St. Louis,
and fourteen private pension bills.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10
Worked Hard for Nothing.

JERSEY CITY, y. j., Feb. "a bold but
unsuccessful attempt was made last night
by seven masked men to rob the safe in the
Jersey City post-office. The burglars were
couceal I'd in the building and surprised the
night Waterman, who was OverpOwered,
blndfolded and bound hand and foot. The
burglars carried him to the top floor where
the janitOr, John Nixon, wife and child, re-
side. These were also bound, and two Of
the masked men stood guard over them.
The safe is built in the wall. The combina-
ton was broken, and three attempts were
made to blow the safe open with powder,
but all were unsuccessful The burglars
worked from eleven last night until four
this morning.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10
A Bold Rescue.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. last night De-
tectives Hohne and Halligan, of Cleveland
left here having in charge Harry McMunn,
charged with completely in an extensive fur
robbing at that place. When the train
reached Alliance five men got on board
and when Ravenna was reached they made
a concerted attack on the detectives,
with a view Of rescuing the prisoners
A desperate fight ensued and one Of the de-
rectives was fatally shot and the other
wounded. Some of the ASSISTANTS were
also wounded Mulligaa had seven bullet
wounds and Captain Hohne FIVE The res
cuers succeeded in escaping with McMunn,
the prisoner. Both detectives were sent to.
Cleveland. They are not expected to recover.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

THE English shareholders in the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company at a
meeting in London, recently. adopted
resolutions declaring that the company
should pay larger dividends on its net
earnings. The net earnings of the road
for the half year ending in November
last, the resolutions state, justify the pay
ment of larger dividend than that de-
clared. Mr.. John Taylor reported that
from what he saw in Philadelphia he
was convinced that the company's ac-
counts were kept in very unsatisfac-
tory manner.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

THE British Government has settled
the Transatlantic mail contracts so that
the White Star steamers leaving Liver
pool on Wednesdays and the Cunard
steamers on Saturdays will take mails.
The vessels will call at Queenstown.
Mails will also be sent by the steam
ships of the Inman line. leaving Liver.
pool on Tuesdays, and by the North
German Lloyd steamers, which leave
Southampton on Thursdays, if Endorsed
to 60 by the vessels of the latter line.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10
Insane PauDers.

CLEVELAND, o., Feb. 5.-Before the COM
mittee investigating the Summit County
infrmary at Akron yesterday, George
Keck, ex-superintendent Of the in
sane department, testified that it
had been his duty to watch the in
sane people. When he was at work in
the fields they cared for themselves. He
gave the patients baths. II washed the
female as well as the male" he said An
insane woman kept the door between the
female and the male departments of the
crazy hduse. He told of two insane girls
who had given birth to children in the in
stitution. He said he knew the male
pa1pcrs went into the rooms Of the females
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

A WESTERN sheriff has lately invent
cd a new hanging maceine. Instead
of scaffold with a drop, by which the
victim is launched into eternity with
n broken neck, this new machine is a
long beam resting on fulcrum OF
pivot. To one end of the beam the
convict is hitched by short rope. At
the proper signal a weight is dropped
upon the opposite end of this beam,
and the victims neck breaks before his
feet leave the ground.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

IN reporting favorably the bill TO
pension Walt Whitman at the rate of
twenty-five dollars per month, the
House Committee on Invalid Pensions
says the poet dedicated himself during
the war to the unceasing care, as a
volunteer nurse, of sick and wounded
soldiers, and his almost devotional
ministrations were well known to the
citizens of Washington and of the
Nation.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10
Broker Noble of Wall street.

Broker Noble, of Wall street, bet
twenty-five dollars that he could swal-
low three hundred oysters in half an
hour. A. the end of fifteen minutes he
came to an abrupt stop, having swal-
lowed eighty-four oysters. Broker No
bic appeared to be considerably aston
ished at his erroneous calculation of
his capacity. Its funny" he said,
sadly. as he fished up five crisp five
dollar notes and handed them over.
THAT stomach cost thirty thousand
dollars to develop, and l never knew it
to go back or me before. ~. Y. Her
0IH
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

DR.. HAMILTON, of New York, says
that grammar should be banished from
the schools until the senior year of a
University course. He claims that the
study is the most ingenious device ever
known for driving poor little brains
into premature decrepitude.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

THERE has been a series of dynamite
experiments at the Washington Navy
Yard, conducted with the greatest Sc
crecy for almost three months, which
bear significance. They are said to be
carried on by prominent Western scien-
fists, and to have been so successful
that the attention of Congress will be
called to them.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

MARION COUNTY, Virginia, boasts of
Mrs. Mary Crow, who asserts that she
IS one hundred and eleven years old;
and she is renewing her youth, too, for
it is reported that her hair, for many
years as white as snow, is turning
black again.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

THE ocean steamers are having a
holiday at this season, as the world
and his wife are "at home" for a
time. A man who crossed last week
in one of the crack Cunarders says he
ratified around in the saloon like dice
in box, the ship was so empty.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

BARON DE JOEsT of Paris, noted all
his life for his cruel treatment of all
men and animals he came in contact
with, has left his whole estate of half
million dollars to the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

THE bill introduced by Senator Beck
to amend tle national banking laws is
substantially identical with the bill in
troduced in the House by Mr.. Miller, of
Texas, during the present session,
framed on the recommendation of the
Comptroller of the Currency.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

MISS ADA LEIGH. the English philan-
thropist, who few years ago started a
home in London for young men, with
a restaurant and reading-room attached,
is now in New York. bent on perform
ing some work of a similar nature
fbaro
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

j. w. BOoKwALTER of Ohio, who has
just returned from Europe for the
twentieth time, says: From what ]
could see l think the Germans would
whip the French again. France is full
of soldiers, but they all have boyish,
smallish look and make no great i'm
preston ON Strangers
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

OUIDA is in London. Correspondents
describe her as an absurd, discontinued
old woman, without human companion
ionship or sympathy, and deriving no
comfort from her literary fame.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

The streams penetrating the Go
gebic iron range near the south shore
of Lake Superior are so black with dis
coloration from the ore that fish can
not live in them. This is particularly
true of the Montreal river. the northern
State line between Wisconsin and
Michioan.-Detroit Tribune.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

For over century the wealthy
planters of Maryland lived in ignO-
rance of the deliciousness of terrapin,
and only their slaves ate them Now
they are glad to get them at fifty cents
a plate.-BCltinloTe Sun.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

PRINCE LOUIS, the second son of
Prince Napoleon, has taken service in
the Italian army, and thus forfeited his
French nationality.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

CHANG, the Chinese giant, has re-
turned to Shanghai, after making the
circuit of the globe.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

DR.. PETERS, an eminent Paris ply
stefan, repudiates and denOunces NJ.
Pasteur's famous treatment for hydro
phobia.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

A BAND of Indian squaws who came
into Bangor, d. T., the other day, all
invested in corsets.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10
CURRENT COMMENT.

The late General Charles P. Stone
drove the first and last rivet in the
Statue of Liberty.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10

The list OF killed so far as learned is as
follows: Ed F. Dillon, Dartmouth; 5. s.
Burlington, and his little son who was
clasped in his fathers arms; Frank L.
Wesson, Springield; d. Magnet, Schani-
gan, Quebec; Edward Banks, brakeman, of
Lebanon, N H; NJ. r. Burgess, Pullman
car conductor; Miss Nancy Dunbar, of
Porter's Station, Somerville, Mass. !;
Mason Mills, of IrOQuois, Ont. iden-
titled by watch and ring; Conductor
S. C. Sturtevant; John Haden (col-
ored), porter of the Pullman car Pilgrim;
Cephras Mills, of Iroquois; Boulanger, of
Holyoke, young girl: A. j. Hammer, of
Boston. porter of the Pullman car Adams;
an unknown porter of the Boston Pullman
car Puritan; Edgar ]. Wilder, OF Dayton,
O., identified by his brother; Charles W.
Sanford, of Lowell, Mass; Mrs. Devineau.
Of WinooSki, identified by her brother.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10
The Latest.

WHITE RIvERJUNCTIoN,F eb.7.-The latest
from the wreck on the Central Vermont road
place the number of burned and blackened
victims at thirty-two. One of the wrecked
cars on the ice has not been overhauled az
last accounts, and it was thought that at
least twenty bodies were in the debris.
Should this prove so it would run the list Of
killed up to over sixty, not including those
which may have been carried into the river
through the ice.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10
THE FURNACE MEN,
RIOTING.

JERSEY CITY, n. j., Feb. 4.-During a riot
here last evening the strikers attacked the
Italians at tho Erie Railroad docks and
were repulsed by the police after savage
onslaught with clubs, in which many were
injured
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19
s1een and Its connterfeits.

The Frenchman, whose long trance or
sleep attracted extraordinary attention in
the latter part of March and the begin
ming Of April, was commonly spoken Of
as ''thc Soho sleeper" but when we speak
Of a man sleeping for several days or
weeks consecutively, it is obvious that we
do not use the term in its ordinary sense.
We all know by experience what sleep is,
and we cannot conceive ourselves as sleep
ing for an indefinite time Yet it is diff
cult to draw n line between normal and
abnormal sleep; the physiological con
dition merges by insensible degrees into
all kinds of pathological states, known as
lethargy, trance, stupor, coma. Through
the usual phenomena Of dreaming, we
pass likewise into those of nightmare,
somnambulism, Dy2notism, ecstasy, and
the like. Yet it is important sharply to
define typical instances of these condi-
tions, so as to avoid hopeless confusion IN
an already obscure field of scientific In
quiry, and though we may for the sake of
convenience occasionally use the term
sleep in the wider sense, yet the distinc-
tion between tie various states included
under il must be kept present in our
minds Popular Science Monthly.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19
WANTED

Everybody to send their Collars, Guns. and
shirts, to +. VOLLMER, Jr, Agent for the
Palace Steam Laundry. So Main Street, Annap-
offs Md, SI1
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19

CPECIAL NOTICE.-All members OF the
- Musical, Literary and Debating Society
are requested to be present at the next regu-
lar meeting to be held on Sept. End: at the
regular place OF meeting. w. q. BREW Elk,
Prest L. z. BANKS, JR. Rec. Secretary.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19
p I'll A K M A G Y!
Postal Points,

Books, pamphlets aud music can DO
sent at third class rates.
No valuable package should ever be
mailed unless it is registered. Don't for-
get this.
Clothing is merchandise and can be
mailed only at the rate of ! cent an
ounce.
Send no cash money by mail 1t is much
safer and cheaper in the long run TO buy
money order or postal note
Photographic and autographic albums
are classed as merchandise, and postage ~
charged at the rate of cent an ounce.
An unclaimed postal card is not return
cd TO the writer, even though his address
is given upon it, but is sent to the dead
letter office.
A postal-card is not mailable with any
writing or printing on the address side,
except the address, nor with anything
pasted or pinned to the other side.
When mail matter is once deposited in a
postoflice or in street letter-box, II Is
beyond the control of the person putting
it there and cannot be reclaimed.
The dcad-letter office is monument to
the carelessness and stupidity of the Amer
ican people. The average number OF
letters received there daily is about To-
900.
Every business man should use return
request envelopes in all his correspond
ence. If everybody used them the dead
letter Office would soon wind up its busi.
ness.
A newspaper is not forwarded in the
mails unless postage is fully prepaid, so
don't think you can beat Uncle Sam by
attaching a 1-cent stamp when two are
| required.
Don't forget that all parcels deposited
for mailing must be SO wrapped that they
can be examined without destroying the
| wrapper, otherwise letter rates of postage
are charged.
There are thousands of little articles
now sent by express which can be more
safely, quickly, and carefully carried by
mail if registered. The fec is only 10
cents in addition to the postage.
In making a present of book it is
permissible to write an inscription. or
dedication upon the cover or one of the
blank leaves, but il must not contain any
thing that partakes of personal cores
| pondence.
Written visiting cards are regarded as
| first class matter and subject 10 the letter
rates. If printed they can be sent at the
rate of cent for each two ounces; that
| is, if the card is of an embellished de-
sign.
In all your correspondence, whenever
it can be done, give the street number as
well as county and state. This saves
much time and is sure preventive
against errors Of delivery. 1t is much
better to spell the name of the state in
| full.
A box with its lid nailed on is held as
being closed against inspection and is
| therefore subject to letter rates. Post
master have no right to pry into such
box and then nail it up again. Even ii
they had the right to do 50, they have
not the time.
| A tax bill, a receipt, an abstract Of title
power of attorney, a promissoTy note,
| mortgage, a draft or check, cancelled
| checks, coupons, an invoice bill, state-
ment, pension voucher, a telegraphic
| dispatch, bank note, or any document
with writing upon it, is subject to letter
rates.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19

When John Randolph was Attorney.
General and in the hight of his fame, he
was on one of his trips to Washington
waiting impatiently for the public con-
veyance, pacing nervously up and down,
when he became furiously annoyed by
the shrill whistling of a man in charge
of the station Randolph walked direct
ly in front of him and said in his sever
est, manner, Stop that whistling, sir. !"
"Why5"
Because ! command it.
And who ere you, pray2
"I'm John Randolph Of Roanoke, sir. "
"Well, who the devil is John Randolph
of Roanoke, sir7'' was the question that
stunned the lawyer completely.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19

In the early days of law in Minnesota
Judge who was noted for his excellant
judgment both at law and poker, during
the noon intermission of days session
became deeply engaged in a little game of
draw. A big jack pot lay in the center
of the table just as The moment for open.
ing court arrived. The Judge looked at
his hand; he had three Jacks. When
it came his turn be said, Il open it" but
had hardly got the words out of his
mouth when the bailiff came in out Of
breath and whispered hurriedly that he
was waited for to open court. go
back and announce" said the Judge,
that this court has just opened a jack
pot, and that the other court is adjourn
ed for fifteen minutes
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19
FOR SALE
FOR SALE

= good established BUSINESS with entire
Stock Satisfactory terms made to reliable
purchaser, Address Business" EVENING
CAPITAL, +9l0
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19
ANNAPOLIS, MD, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, Il
SPECIAL NOTICE.

We viii insert In this column advertise.
ments of Wants, For Rent, For Sale, Lost,
Found &C., not exceeding four lines. ONE
WEEK, or less, for 20 Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19
sunshine In All Rooms.

A sanitary engineer suggests the i'm
portance Of building on streets running
northwest ard southeast, or northeast and
southwest. Sunshine in all rooms at some
time in the day c.I TINS be insured, with
q great gain ii hcaltaEulEess. .---Arkansaw
Traveller
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19

EOR SALE.-Two STOVES, and several ar
Il ticles of FURNITURE. Apply at No. 10
Prince George street. 9l4-lw
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19
w ANTED-

Acompetent WOMAN to do cooking and
house work. No washing or ironing. Apply
at THIS OFFICE. u4
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19

Water Melons on Ice.--Go to John. b,
Floods, corner Green and Main Streets.
and order "Cobb's Gem, melon on ice.
Sent to your residence Free. 818
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19
For Rent

kgn DWELLING-with Bath. Hot and Cold
nd Water. Stable attached. Formerly oc-
cupled by Thomas j. Wier, on West Street
6L2lw JULIAN BREW ER, Agt.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19

Summer Slippers for ladies and gentle.
mems wear at G. W. Halls cheap Shoe
House, opposite the Farmers Bank.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19
steam O.nriIns n T,resden.

A steam omnibus is in use in Dresden.
Tie motive power is applied TO the hind
wheels, and is supplied by an upright
boiler and a compound engine. 1t is used
In the streets for carrying passengers, ane
win seat twenty. Chicago Times
Subscribe to The CAPITAL.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19
NOTICE TO GUNNERs.

hereby give warning to gunners not to tres
pass on my farm with dog and gun. without
my permission as will enforce the law on all
such found thereon. A. A. STINCHCOMB,
9ss9w st. Margarets, A. A. Co., Md.
, 1887-09-22
Government Timber Lands.

B. Z. Fernow, the chief of the for
eslry division of the q. 5. department
of agriculture, lays down these foui
fundamental principles of forestry
First. No more timber should &c
cut on an average than can be re-
placed by growth in any forest that
Is to be kept in perpetuity.
Second. Clearing must at once be
followed by planting. especially in
the mountain districts
Third. Cutting must always be
done in such way as to facilitate
renewal.
Fourth. Assuming the forest area
nov owned Ivy the government to he
Iu,O00,OOO acres, and that this pro
duees on the average only ten cubic
feet annual va yield that by correct
management would shortly be dou-
bled-and reckoning this worth only
l per cent. per cubic foot on the
stump, our forest domain represents
capital of at least $2S0,000, GOO.
Suitable management would prevent
a large part of the SS,000,000 CT an-
null loss from fire.
In the Judgment of Mr. Fernow
the things to be done are:
First To withdraw from sale,
preemption, ctr, ali timber lands.
Second To secure survey at
least OF outside boundaries as fast as
practicable.
Third- Tho agents needed would
include a central bureau, travelling
and 10 al inspectors, and forest
guads.
Fourth. Organization Of The forest
area shoall proceed gradually as
needed; ten or twenty thousand acres
should form preserve, and frcm
twenty to thirty of these district
unorganixed areas TO be divided only
-iuro districts.
, 1887-09-22

tir 5.e-1 ,atuam Of the Am.Ii
a.3 ~r,a.ar Iu.ca. Who 'ecturel here
Recently, writes thus about Port
isw4saal 5a as corresponaeace to
tae Boston lave tiga.or: This city
looks 81 the future and dreams II
empire. It uay ho the Western ter
minus Of rGe Union Pacific line OF
railroads. aa4 il that case Will he
come q -. porous Po1f. Iae popG
iat.0n q s-a County has increased
seventy ler cent. since 1850. \ syn
dicate has been formed for the buiIl~
ing Cf "a railroad t. the Columbia
River and thence 10 Portland This
viii open rr immense mining, timber
and coal lands. the Larh0r Qf Port
townsend - seven miles long and
from TX 10 four miles wide, and
affords auch rage in every part 1t
can float taa ugyie- Of the world. 1t
/ i SIX hundred IL. las nearer to CHINA
than san Francisco. Il j. the most
available Of th,. American ports Tor
the commerce OF that country. The
scenery Is grand and lovely. Beyond
/ the glttprinG waters OF the Sound
are the Cascade ranges, Mt. Rainier,
and AIt Baker. while to the south
ward the olympic mountains lift
their snowy crests- The winters are
genial aud the summers cool. Thus
Port Townsend seems to be favor
able spot for enterprise and luxury,
and no doubt it will make fair race
for the metropolitan mart of the
North Pacific coast"
The new Directors in the North
eru Pacific Railroad Board are Henry
| Willard, Edward II. Abbott, Charles
L. Colby, Colgate Hoyt and John B.
Trevor, and they represent the inhu-
ence that has been reported as antag-
onistic to the present Board. Fred
erick Billings and I. T. Cakes are as
| likely to cast their influence with
these men as to remain under the
domination of Charles B. Wright, SC
| there is reasonable hope that in the
near future the affairs of the com
pany may be conducted on business
principles, and not as a grand town.
site booming corporation.